the GazettE to air Budokan concert on television

On September 28th at 12:35 am, the Japanese television network WOWOW will air footage of the GazettE’s nationwide tour, “the GazettE TOUR 10 NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX BULLETS 01.”

Right now, the GazetteE are in the middle of their nationwide tour of Japan, which


Perfume announces new single, “Nee”

Electro-pop trio Perfume has announced the release of a new single, “Nee,” for November 10th.

This will be the third official single of the year after “Fushizen na Girl/Natural ni Koishite” and “Voice.” Most of the details are still shrouded in mystery, and will eventually be announced at a later date.

However, it is known that…


GO!GO!7188 to release acoustic live DVD

Surf rock trio GO!GO!7188 will release a live DVD of their “GO!GO! no Hi Special Acoustic Daisakusen ~Kudanshita wa kitto Ame~” concert on November 3rd.

This concert was filmed at their May 5th show at the Tokyo Kudan Kaikan; a clever marketing move considering how the Japanese word for ‘5′ is ‘go’. Although it was the band’s first time …


Spontania announces new cover single of “Departures”

Hip-hop group Spontania has announced a new single, “DEPARTURES,” to be released on November 10th.

The single will be a cover of the 1996 hit globe song.  After announcing this cover, Spontania member Tarantula posted on his blog saying, “the departure song holds a lot of meaning, personally during this … I had to set my sights on a …


VAMPS kick off world tour in Taiwan

Rock duo VAMPS recently kicked off their “VAMPS LIVE 2010 BEAST WORLD TOUR” on the 26th in Taiwan.

The tour will take them to ten stops across the world.  It started in Taiwan and will take them to America, Spain, France, Shanghai, and even Chile.  The first stage was at Taiwan’s TWTC NANGANG EXHIBITION HALL and they put on an intense …


hide’s hits re-released on vinyl spawns special club events

Deceased X-JAPAN member hide has shown his lasting presence in the music world ever since he passed away over ten years ago, and that certainly isn’t stopping now.  On December 8th, four of his greatest hits will be re-released as 12 inch vinyls, much to the delight of fans and DJs everywhere.

The special releases of hide’s works on vinyl started …


Chiaki Kuriyama announces 2nd single “Kanousei Girl”

Actress-turned-singer Chiaki Kuriyama has officially announced her second single, “Kanousei Girl,” for a November 17th release.

The song has already been appointed as the new opening themes song to the TV Tokyo anime series “Gintama.”  The lyrics are being penned by ex-SUPERCAR member Ishiwatari Jyunji and the composer will be Hotei Tomoyasu.  These two have teamed up to make a ‘cool …


NICO Touches the Walls and flumpool team up for tour

Rock bands NICO Touches the Walls and flumpool will be teaming up to double headline their Janauary tour.  It will be called “NICO touches the Walls x flumpool Split Tour 2011″ and will feature both groups equally.

Both bands were formed within the same agency and from the same generation of rockers, so they seemed to be a matching …


MONKEY MAJIK to release 10th anniversary single!

Japanese pop/rock group MONKEY MAJIK will be celebrating their 10th anniversary with the release of a new single.

Both songs on the single were opening themes for the anime series, “Nurarihyon no Mago.”  Since July, the show has been using the song “FAST FORWARD“, but will switch it up in October with the track “Sunshine.”

“FAST FORWARD” was already released …


Do As Infinity celebrate 11 years with streaming live concert

Exciting news! On September 29th at the SHIBUYA-AX, veteran pop duo Do As Infinity will hold their live show “Do As Infinity 11th Anniversary LIVE ~More! Core! Rare! Here!~“. For us international fans who can’t make it, they’ll be streaming the show live on Nico Nico Douga.

The 29th will mark exactly their 11th career anniversary, and they want …


SCREW takes fan questions live on their streaming show

Japanese music site, “Music Japan Plus“, announced previously that they would have the visual-kei group DoremiDan on their streaming TV to answer questions on September 27th. Judging by the popularity of the responses, they’ve already announced an additional streaming program, this time featuring the group SCREW.

SCREW will run the same setup as DoremiDan and will stream themselves answering …


DOMINO to sing new theme for ‘Naruto Shippuden’

Pop trio DOMINO has announced on their official site that they will be releasing their next song “U can do it!” as the new Naruto Shippuden ending theme.


Hennessy helps promote Wyolica with street session

The Hennessy cognac brand has launched a new project called “Hennessy artistry” to help support artists.  On their official site they’ve chosen to promote pop duo Wyolica, who will be releasing their first album in seven years (titled “Castle of wind“) on September 29th.

The site features Wyolica in a ‘one sound, one take’ concept, which has been done before …


Foxxi misQ’s CHiE to release second solo single

CHiE, former member of the hip-hop trio Foxxi misQ, will be releasing her second solo single on November 24th.

The release is tentatively titled “Kagi wo Tomete“, and is being promoted as a top class ballad.  The people behind the arrangement of the song and the vocal direction are NAO and Dr. QueenB.  The strings in the song will …


Gospellers get new single + TV theme

This week, on September 22nd, the vocal group Gospellers released their new single, “Ai no Shooting Star,” but they already have plans for their next single.

On November 3rd, they will release their follow-up single, “Toukyou.” The single will be rushed out right before their nationwide winter tour begins. It is being described as a beautiful winter love song with a warm sound.

The coupling track for the new single, “Mr. Sunday,” has already been airing on television since April as the theme to the Fuji TV show, “Mr. Sunday.” For the song, pal@pop wrote the lyrics, composed, and arranged the piece.